Student protests

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 64. Chapters: Situationist International, Student strikes, Tlatelolco massacre, Détournement, Anti-art, 2006 student protests in Chile, 2010-2011 University of Puerto Rico strikes, Lettrism, Psychogeography, 2006 youth protests in France, Letterist International, Athens Polytechnic uprising, Libertarian Marxism, Gruppe SPUR, Unity for Gallaudet, Report on the Construction of Situations, 1999 UNAM strike, Situationist prank, Deaf President Now, Spectacle, Notre-Dame Affair, 2005 Quebec student strike, Student Strike of 1970, University of Paris strike of 1229, The Society of the Spectacle, King Mob, Ric's Art Boat, London Psychogeographical Association, Unitary urbanism, Situationist Times, Charles Radcliffe, Dutch pupil strike, Recuperation, Second Situationist International, Renee Nele, Student riot, Elisabeth Zinser, Council for Maintaining the Occupations, Members of the Situationist International, International Movement for an Imaginist Bauhaus, 1996 Quebec student strike. Excerpt: The Situationist International (SI) was a restricted group of international revolutionaries founded in 1957, and which had its peak in its influence on the unprecedented general wildcat strikes of May 1968 in France. With their ideas rooted in Marxism and the 20th century European artistic avant-gardes, they advocated experiences of life being alternative to those admitted by the capitalist order, for the fulfillment of human primitive desires and the pursuing of a superior passional quality. For this purpose they suggested and experimented with the construction of situations, namely the setting up of environments favorable for the fulfillment of such desires. Using methods drawn from the arts, they developed a series of experimental fields of study for the construction of such situations, like unitary urbanism and psychogeography. They fought against the main obstacle on the fulfillment of such superior passionate living, identified by them in advanced capitalism. Their theoretical work peaked on the highly influential book The Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord. Debord argued in 1967 that spectacular features like mass media and advertising have a central role in an advanced capitalist society, which is to show a fake reality in order to mask the real capitalist degradation of human life. To overthrow such a system, the Situationist International supported the May '68 revolts, and asked the workers to occupy the factories and to run them with direct democracy, through workers' councils composed by instantly revocable delegates. After publishing in the last issue of the magazine, an analysis of the May 1968 revolts and the strategies that will need to be adopted in future revolutions, the SI was dissolved in 1972. The appellation "situationist" refers to one who engages in the construction of "situations" or specifically a member of the Situationist International. In adjectival form, the term means relating to the theory or practical activity of constructing "s